Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a radio technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a radio technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Radio technicians install, adjust, test, maintain, and repair mobile or stationary radio transmitting and receiving equipment and two-way radio communications systems. They also monitor their performance and determine causes of faults.

Also known as radio technicians, radio communications technician.

Craft and related trades workers 26 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: telecommunications equipment maintainer, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
telecommunications equipment … 42% covered telecommunications analyst 29% covered telecommunications technician 23% covered communication infrastructure … 21% covered telecommunications engineerin… 20% covered radio technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from radio technician, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a radio technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A radio technician needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • assemble telecommunications devices handling and moving
  • maintain radio communications equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate signal generator working with computers
  • analog electronics theory engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • interpret technical information for electronic repair work information skills
  • inspect cables constructing
  • interpret electronic design specifications information skills
  • install monitors for process control working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use a complex communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • electromagnetism natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a radio technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Radio technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a radio technician’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.